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(PEQIS) collects issue-oriented data
quickly and with minimum response
burden outside of NCES’ large recurring
surveys. The system was designed to
collect and report data on key education
issues at the postsecondary level, and to
meet the data needs of Department of
Education analysts, planners, and
decision-makers when information
cannot be collected quickly through
NCES’s large recurring surveys. The
purpose of this PEQIS # 19 survey is to
collect national data on support
programs and services for veterans and
active-duty service members at
postsecondary institutions. The survey
will provide the first nationally
representative data about the prevalence
of various types of services and support
programs for military service members
and veterans, with a First Look report
on the results to be released in 2014.
This request is for a full scale PEQIS #
19 data collection.
Dated: April 4, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Amendment to an Approved Agency
Information Collection
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
collection of information relates to three
of DOE’s Better Buildings Programs.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be

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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before June 10, 2013.
If you anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent Nancy Gonzalez, EE–2F/Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585, by fax at
202–586–5234, or by email at
[email protected].
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Nancy Gonzalez, EE–2F/
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, by
fax at 202–586–5234, or by email at
[email protected].
This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5141;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Department of Energy Better
Buildings Challenge Information
Collection Request;
(3) Type of Request: Amendment;
(4) Purpose: This Information
Collection Request applies to three
Department of Energy (DOE) voluntary
leadership initiatives: (1) The Better
Buildings Challenge; (2) the Better
Buildings, Better Plants Program; and
(3) the Better Buildings Alliance. The
information being collected is needed so
as to include participants in the DOE’s
Better Buildings Alliance Program, as
well as collecting additional
information on a Better Buildings, Better
Plants Program training function. Each
leadership initiative is intended to drive
greater energy efficiency in the
commercial and industrial marketplace
to create savings and jobs. This will be
accomplished by highlighting the ways
participants overcome market barriers/
persistent obstacles with replicable,
marketplace solutions. The program will
showcase real solutions and partner
with industry leaders to better
understand policy and technical
opportunities. There are three types of
information to be collected from
primary participants, also referred to as
‘‘Partners’’: (1) Background data,
including contact information, a
partnership agreement form, logo(s),
information needed to support public

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announcements, updates on
participants’ showcase projects, and an
energy savings goal; (2) Portfolio-wide
energy performance information; and (3)
Information on market innovations
participants are including in their
energy efficiency processes. Background
data will primarily be used to develop
Web site content that will be publically
available. Portfolio-wide facility-level
energy performance information will be
used by DOE to measure the
participants’ progress in meeting the
goals of the program, as well as to
aggregate the change in energy
performance and related metrics for the
entire program. Information on market
innovation will be used to highlight
successful strategies participants use to
overcome challenges, and will be
publicly available. Additional
background information is being
collected from ‘‘Allies’’, financial and
utility organizations that make a public
commitment to support the energy
efficiency marketplace. Background
information including name,
commitment in terms of dollars
committed by financial allies, or percent
of commercial customer class
committed by utility allies, and a
company logo will be used to develop
publically available Web site content.
Responses to the DOE’s Information
Collection Request will be voluntary.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: Amending currently
approved Information Collection
Request (‘‘ICR’’) which includes
respondents of 305, by 245, for a total
of 550;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: Amending currently
approved ICR with includes an
estimated number of total response of
2,108 by 1,070, for a total of 3,178;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: Amending currently
approved ICR with an estimated number
of burden hours of 3,731, by 1346, for
a total of 5077.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Amending
currently approved ICR with an
estimated $143,251, by $51,675, for a
total reporting and recording cost
burden of $194,926.
Statutory Authority: Section 421 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 (42 U.S.C. 17081); Section 911 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42
U.S.C. 16191).
Issued in Washington, DC on April 3, 2013.
Maria Vargas,
Director Better Buildings Challenge, Buildings
Technology Program.
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